Next year’s Travelers Championship golf tournament will be pushed to the first week of August, organizers said.
The tournament, which concluded June 28 this year with a Bubba Watson victory, will be held Aug. 1 to Aug. 7 in 2016.Â
“Golf’s return to the Olympics for the first time since 1904 will affect the majority of PGA TOUR events taking place from June through August,” Tournament Director Nathan Grube said in a statement. “By working closely with the PGA TOUR, we identified the best timing for recruiting a strong player field and finishing the planned modifications to TPC River Highlands.”
The Cromwell golf course’s multi-million-dollar renovations include new fan viewing areas around the four finishing holes, greens modifications and bunker renovations.
The tournament would return to a late June schedule for 2017, organizers said.
